Here's my story from football practice, leading with Alec Ogletree talking about how his move from safety to inside linebacker came about.
ATHENS - Early last week, Alec Ogletree was called into the office of Todd Grantham, the Georgia football team’s defensive coordinator. Ogletree was asked (not told, he says) if he wanted to move from safety to linebacker.
Ogletree, who started the final few games at safety for Georgia last year, hadn’t played linebacker since Pop Warner. But Grantham went to the board and showed the freshman what the Bulldogs planned to do with him at inside linebacker. Then he told Ogletree to mull it over.
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“That’s my goal, just to be a playmaker, whether it’s inside, safety or whatever,” Ogletree said. “I’m just trying to help the team. Coach just felt like I could be a much better player at inside linebacker, make more plays. So I’m just willing to try it out.”
There are other notes in that story, including on Aaron Murray, Washaun Ealey and Justin Anderson.
Meanwhile, why did Georgia have much less trouble with Auburn on a neutral court than it did in Athens? It may have had something to do with the health of Trey Thompkins. The star forward hasn't talked much about his health this season, but he said in the locker room on Thursday that this was the first game he'd been "100 percent" this year.
ATLANTA - Trey Thompkins sat on a small chair in the Georgia locker room, a roll of ankle tape on the floor next to his bare feet. In quick-hitting answers, he pointed to where the injuries had been.
The right foot was where the high-ankle sprain had been. Above that had been the shin injury. The latest malady, an ingrown toenail, had been on his left foot.
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“I feel like I’m more fluid on the court, rebounding and running,” Thompkins said. “I feel like I’m myself again.”
We'll see whether that's enough to push Georgia past Alabama on Friday. Talk to you then.
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Trey is healthy...Dawgs roll
seth - great job with the blog this basketball season and all the insight on who to cheer for and against through the bubble talk.
i'm a 2001 grad and a football season ticket holder and have really enjoyed the coverage. hopefully most of the bulldog blognation has warmed up to the fact that hale has moved on. keep up the good work.
will spring practice be open to the media in the same format as the reg season? (when there is not a tourney conflict)
Why isn't Richt allowing anyone to ask Ealey directly if he's transferring yet? Something's going on there. I won't feel good about this until Ealey comes out and says he's not transferring.
Seth-
Busy day for you, excellent job, you earned the dollars today.
I like the move of Ogletree to ILB. Signals Grantham gets it--his run defense stunk. Grantham did an excellent job in the 1st year with the 3-4, compared to Saban's 2007 debut, actually did better than Saban in most defensive areas. But Saban made a big jump the next season by STOPPING THE RUN!! Mt. Cody was a key, but you have to have ILB's that can tackle and shoot the gaps.
Kirby Smart, when asked about the turnaround that season said a lot of good things happen once you STOP THE RUN.
Best guys on defense need to be put in places to STOP THE RUN. Pass defense isn't as correlated to WINS as RUSH DEFENSE.
Prediction: I get ZERO work done tomorrow between 1 and 3
We've been pretty good on neutral courts this year.
That said, I'm still...........uneasy.
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